New Americans’ Pavilion | Salt City Harvest Farm | Kirkville, NY
The new pavilion at Salt City Harvest Farm will provide space for washing and packing vegetables from the farm, as well as community meeting and dining space for new American refugee farmers. The pavilion is off-the-grid, and its cold storage is powered entirely by photovoltaic panels on the south-facing roof. The roof slopes of the ‘double-shed’ form are optimized for competing conditions: toward the south, the roof is sloped to maximize incident solar radiation on the solar panels during summer months; toward the north, the roof is sloped to the minimum allowed by the roofing manufacturer’s warranty in order to minimize the volume of the cold storage space beneath. The distinction between the two roof slopes further serves to define the two primary spaces of the pavilion by celebrating the community dining space and protecting the washing/packing space.
Project Data:
Client: Salt City Harvest Farm
Status: Under construction
Program: Vegetable washing/packing; Community meeting/dining; Cold storage
Team: David Shanks, Aurelie Frolet, Javier Rosa (structural), Junho Chun (structural), Lindsey Brown (intern), Jerry Yan (intern), Sravya Sirigir (intern), Shaan Lakshmanan (intern)